7 but we were gentle among you, like a mother caring for her little children.
Okay, so it's 11:54PM and I'm really tired so I'm going to keep this short... :)
Paul is writing to the Thessalonians, describing his leadership style to them (in defence of accusations he was using them for the money - interesting hey). Rather than saying "like a roaring lion leading their cubs into the charge", or "as a general to his troops, so was I", he describes himself as "motherly". Sort of like when you were sick at home so your Mum would stroke your forehead and give you ice cream.
Don't know about you but that surprised me when I saw it. Not a lot of the leadership I experience in the church is like a mother caring for her little children. I'm not even too sure I want it to be like this. And yet that is how Paul described himself. And I kind think of him describing his leadership style any differently in other passages.
Why are my experiences so different to what is described here? I don't know. I'm off to bed to think about it.
Think I'll start calling up people in my zone and ask how their day was... offer them ice cream or something...
Okay, definitely off to bed now. :)
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So, what flavour ice cream is it? If it's a good one I might join your zone.
(sorry - the question had to be asked :-) )
Definitely Lychee :) (just don't tell Viv)
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